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On social media, an image of a broken statue of Lord Ganesh goes viral. While sharing the image users claim that two Muslim boys broke the statue of lord Ganesh in Siddharthnagar UP.
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Fact Check
On investigation, DFRAC found a tweet from the official X account of Siddharthnagar police stating “At the time when this incident happened, three, four children of 8-10 years of age were playing there. Those children said that this statue was broken by a Temple’s priest. Believing the children’s words, we asked the Temple’s priest and he said that he had a constant fight with the family of these two boys Mannan and Sonu, so I broke the statue to trap them”.
Conclusion
It is evident from the DFRAC’s fact check that the statue was broken by a temple’s priest, not by Muslim boys. Therefore, the claim of social media users is misleading.